His 2PT shooting isn't a problem with his jumper, it's getting stuffed or missing when he tries one of his kamikaze drives to the hoop. I have little doubt that he's going to figure that out as time goes on, and when he does, he's going to be unstoppable.
I appreciate the fact that you're trying to have an informed conversation about this. I'm just not concerned or interested enough to dive deeply into the numbers (yet). I will say that I'm not at all swayed (one way or the other) by BPG for PGs - it's such a minor part of the game, that it largely has no bearing whatsoever. He's a good shooter, so obviously his FT% will be good - neither impressed nor unimpressed with FT% for players at large (only when it dips below 70% do I take notice) - you can't really defend a FT, so FT% is what it is. If I was interested in diving into the numbers, I'd look at how MPG correlates to his overall numbers. I suspect that his totals are largely tied to the fact [assumption] that he plays more minutes and takes more shots than most starting PGs. Just like LMA - he's taken more shots than anybody in the league, so it should be no surprise that he's averaging a career high in PPG. But this year I just haven't been overly impressed when I watch him play. As I said he shoots really well from the outside, and I really like his competitiveness, but otherwise he doesn't appear to be anything more than ordinary.
Yup. And the bolded part is why I'm not going to get too bothered to look for stats to back-up my opinion that he's not spectacular. Now, if he's still playing like this in 2 years then I think we'll have a problem.
All of those rankings were based on Per36 minutes, because I knew it would be important to you. Your lack of engagement in the materials renders this discussion useless. I have no further interest in discussing this item with you. Goodbye.
I hope you didn't take offense to my response - not intended at all. I wanted to reply to you because you took the time to write a good response. I just don't have the time/interest to back up what my eyes see with stats.
